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Hibernia
Cromer, Norfolk.—At 8.33 P.M. on the 9th November, 1937, the coastguard reported distress signals about eight and a half miles in a north-easterly direction from Cromer. A moderate N.N.E. gale was blowing, with a heavy sea. The No. 1 motor...
Quo Vadis
Southend-on-Sea, Essex.—At 2.15 in the morning of the 17th of November, 1948, the pier head coastguard reported that the S.S. Nordic Queen was ap- proaching Southend and wanted to land ten survivors whom she had picked up from the Dutch...
Feature: a Rookie's Life
Regular readers of theLifeboat will know that the RNLI takes training very seriously. But there are some things in life that no amount of training can prepare you for. We follow 26-year-old Alison Panes as she takes us through her first few...
Category: Articles
Contents
V X)fltCfl.tS Notes of the Quarter 38 T.7 1 VT TV Lifeboat Services 41 Volume XLIX Number 488 Visiting Lifeboats, from West Germany and the Netherlands 47 Annual General Meeting and Presentation of Awards 48 Chairman: THE DUKE OF ATHOLL...
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Roller Skids
THERE are doubtless few persons that reside on, or have visited, our coasts who have not frequently watched with interest the picturesque groups of fishermen and other boatmen hauling up their boats, and observed the contrivances by which...
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Listings
New D class at Trearddur BayNew D class at Trearddur BayThe crew of the Treaddur Bay lifeboat have already undergone intensive training on the new lifeboat.
On average the station's lifeboat is launched over 50 times a...
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Salvage Regulations
THE ROYAL NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION is a charitable institution, incorporated by Royal Charter, for the purpose of saving life from shipwreck.
As however a rigid adherence to the precise object of the Institution...
Category: Committee
Six 600Mm Diameter Tubular Steel Piles Were Driven on Each Side to Support the New Galvanised Steel Substructure Which Was Built Up Before the Decayed Timber Was Cut Away
Six 600mm diameter tubular steel piles were driven on each side to support the new galvanised steel substructure which was built up before the decayed timber was cut away.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
In Retirement
unlocked the I cash in my home If you are over 70 and a homeowner, you may be able to release some of the money locked in your home to do the things you want.
A tax-free cash lump sum to spend as you wish The option of a...
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Life-Boat Conferences. Midlands: London: Dumfries
LIFE-BOAT Week at Bristol this year included a most successful and well organised Life-boat Day on Thursday, 16th June, and an assembly from 11 Branches in the Midlands District for a Conference which was held on Saturday, 18th June. In...
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